Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-02-12
ON The RAGING OHIO.
4 LAxUlssksAE R0OALLs INOiD8S r.
~ rHs ssar ILOOD ~ 1888.
ne was Uus oi q pa,sy 20 Mahs the Psfiious
Asosnt Of the nivss. Whss u ilad
Reached Most Dangerous ssass.
Capssia who HsA Nesvs.
For the iSrSLLioEscsp.

/ HOf the tNfHLIiokN'sH
From April, 1881, to May, 1884, the writsl
| Of this article was clerk 10 party Of contfac
tors doing work for the government, that o
bailding lock q, on tho Great Kanawha rivel
under The supervision Of that great lock and
dam builder, Col. n. II. Kerliu. The lock
was four miles below the city Of Charleston
w. Va, the birth place Of the y0unges,
United States senator, present chairman o
the national Democratic committee, Hon.
John u. Ksuua, aud who also was The
nrst man 10 INTRODUCES the political campaign
under the circus tent When they were
talking Of moving the capitol Of West Wiz.
glnia from Wheeling TO Charleston, Ksnns
was In for Charleston, whole heart and
whom ho undertakes = thing he works
through. Together with Col Frior he wsa
stumping the state thoroughly, but wss get.
ting disheartsned, and he was at . loss 10
think OF something new, when ho found
there was = circus billed for Huntington,
and concluded TO make arrangements with
the Snowman for them to make speeches dur.
Ing the performance. II was agreed u, Mr..
kenna, knowing that everyone went to sec .
circus In West Virginia, and that they could
catch more old mountaineers on that day
than In month by any other plan. Twas .
grand suocess. Wheeling had 70 surrender
her capital after that, aud Charleston now
hss . beautiful building for Legislators 10
ponder and weigh the gravo questions Of
state.
cuARLEsroS, WEST VIRGINIA.
It ~ city OF u, 600 or 1900 Inhabitants Q
business centre lot inc vast umper iandf,
coal nelas and COKE ovens. since 1851 no
leSs than 10 new mines nave peeh opened'
giving employ meht 70 VAs' army 0! mineie
no wonder tnis city mus Pon'y 10 IN inc
Wy VI Ptov'uinH ,ho u.'s'ssos y, r nno Ior
.ne men ouhPioyeo III the N""oy. inoio aro
'nieo "hoiesa'o s'o'e',es' '"o nhoosaio oiy
kooos' anu '"n",he'aoie 'o'a'i so'os' Vo
Rotner win great nnthoer Oh tnanuisctoIies,
ana tue cHy presents an aoima'ed scene al
Oil 'ihes' especially III 'he spring OF tne
year.
There are number OF PennsylvAnians on.
gsged IN enterprises IN th,s region. Inc I'M
proVemen" maze on the river py inc gov.
ernment nave principally peen by men from
this sIste lhey consist Oh LOCKS ano dalns'
nuse structures OF masonry pattefned aitsr
those on tue r iehch flve's' making tho river
nA'ikaoio ~ All seasohs ensoiing tne coal
poets 70 Ret 10 and from marke. LOCKE
And were punt py FRANK hennsht, OF
huntingdon pa.' lock py Mr.. Duil' OF
harrsburg' and lock by harris BLACK.
While stationed at lock o the writer made
the acquaintance OF number Of steamboat
men, and frequently made trips up and
down the river with them, sometimes for
pleasure and again ON business, and oftimes
As their guest. And, reader, IL you want
pretty trip in the spring OF the year, take one
OF the boats that plies up and down the
Ohio from Pi,tsburg to Cincinnati Your
fare will only he Sd or Il the round trip,
which includes everything They are all
stern. wheelers, no sickening motion. The
table compares very favorable with our
finest hotels. When on pleasure bent all
carry band, piano, and you are sure TO hnd
tue most delightful ana companionsble peo.
pie on them. FROM captain 70 fireman they
are all gentlemen, and give you any amount
oi Information not to be learned In books
Try II
In teofuafy' lso5, We were invited to join
party ieav'ng Ohalies.on 'of Chsinhat', on
'he steamer y 'hs'e Lee, capt thompson
INC ooject peibsa u sood uthe' anu 70 90 the
oIe'a FESTIVAL theu I'D progress IN l'ofkopoiiA
we touched Al many Polnts along the river
until ,ihcihhau WAS reacheu. we were oent
on seeing a. much OF the city AZ possible In
pfiet time, ana ala So The hrst night all
hahus maze OH ior the orsra, Out had time
III gettipg there. we stood the performance
through thshkiu! 10 get IN. IL was Q Patti
night, the opera " Soiniramide' Patti and
ScAichi were ooth In the roles, aud Nicolini
was DONG the tsnof part 1t was grand,
nut the ordsf near the door among tashlona-
Aple people was something dreadful Many
4 lady hsd nne toilet ruined. we saw
l.otta play "Muzette' the next night and on
the following saw Christine Nilsson from .
private oox Ia the academy OF Music,and who
aPpiauded Nine pSt'i iioeraiiy and cast
po"luet from the pox sne occupied there
oy proving now heart'iy she enjoyed the
Ieliorhance'
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